AG: Aunt Granny's Advice, or How to become an elderly cyclist:

On Sun, 12 Jul 2015 20:45:53 -0300, Joy Beeson
wrote:

On Sun, 12 Jul 2015 19:12:10 +0700, John B. Slocomb
wrote:

Way back when, they used to make a two roller "wringer" for those who
did the laundry by hand. Two rubber rollers in a frame with a hand
crank to turn the rollers and a clamp sort of thing to attach it to
the wash tub.

Just the thing, if they still make them :-)

$195.00 from Dynajet
$159,99 from Lehman
$115.00 from Etsy
$140.00 from Woodward Crossings
$149.00 "from 2 stores"
$165.33 from Shopzeon

But there isn't room in my closet-size laundry room -- not to mention
no tub to clamp it to.

Swimming pools used to have free-standing hand-cranked wringers to dry
bathing suits before you went home. I believe that the water just
dripped onto the floor, which was designed for dripping-wet people. If
I recall correctly there was a grid-like mat to accommodate people who
hadn't taken their shoes off yet.

Strange, You know. Hand wringers used to be for "po folks" that
couldn't afford an electric washing machine. It looks that they have
moved up-market more than a little.

Perhaps they have been classified as "retro" and thus have become more
valiable :-)
--
cheers,

John B.